Sefer HaMitzvot · Negative Commandments, Chapter 254
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הזהירנו מלהשיב עבד שברח מחוץ לארץ לארץ ישראל לאדוניו ואע"פ שאדוניו ישראל אחר שברח מחוץ לארץ לא יושב לו, אבל ישחרר אותו ויכתוב עליו דמיו בחוב, והוא אמרו יתעלה לא תסגיר עבד אל אדוניו. והתבאר בגיטין (דף מ"ה) שבעבד שברח מחו"ל לא"י הכתוב מדבר שיהיה הדין בו שיכתוב שטר חוב בדמיו עליו ויכתוב לו גט חירות ולא ישוב לעבדותו בשום פנים להסתופפו במקום טהור הנבחר בקבוץ הנכבד, ושם התבארו משפטי מצוה זו. (תצא, הלכות עבדים פ"ח):
He prohibited us from returning, a slave who ran away from outside of the Land to the Land of Israel, to his master. And even though his master is an Israelite - since he ran away from outside of the Land - he is not returned to him. Rather, he should free him and write his value against him as a debt [to his master]. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "You shall not turn over a slave to his master" (Deuteronomy 23:16). And it is explained in Gittin (Gittin 45a) that the verse is speaking about a slave that is running away from outside of the Land to the Land of Israel, such that the law about him is that [the Israelite who found him] should write a deed of obligation for his value against him, and write him a bill of emancipation. But under no circumstances should he be made to go back to being a slave, [so as to allow] him to reside in the place of purity chosen for the glorious assembly. And the regulations of this commandment have been explained there. (See Parashat Ki Tetzei; Mishneh Torah, Slaves 8.)
הזהירנו מלהשיב עבד שברח מחוץ לארץ לארץ ישראל לאדוניו ואע"פ שאדוניו ישראל אחר שברח מחוץ לארץ לא יושב לו, אבל ישחרר אותו ויכתוב עליו דמיו בחוב, והוא אמרו יתעלה לא תסגיר עבד אל אדוניו. והתבאר בגיטין (דף מ"ה) שבעבד שברח מחו"ל לא"י הכתוב מדבר שיהיה הדין בו שיכתוב שטר חוב בדמיו עליו ויכתוב לו גט חירות ולא ישוב לעבדותו בשום פנים להסתופפו במקום טהור הנבחר בקבוץ הנכבד, ושם התבארו משפטי מצוה זו. (תצא, הלכות עבדים פ"ח):
He prohibited us from returning, a slave who ran away from outside of the Land to the Land of Israel, to his master. And even though his master is an Israelite - since he ran away from outside of the Land - he is not returned to him. Rather, he should free him and write his value against him as a debt [to his master]. And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "You shall not turn over a slave to his master" (Deuteronomy 23:16). And it is explained in Gittin (Gittin 45a) that the verse is speaking about a slave that is running away from outside of the Land to the Land of Israel, such that the law about him is that [the Israelite who found him] should write a deed of obligation for his value against him, and write him a bill of emancipation. But under no circumstances should he be made to go back to being a slave, [so as to allow] him to reside in the place of purity chosen for the glorious assembly. And the regulations of this commandment have been explained there. (See Parashat Ki Tetzei; Mishneh Torah, Slaves 8.)